Intense field dielectric purifier placement on a split or window air conditioner

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a wall-mounted air conditioner, comprising: an air conditioner main body, configured to be installed on an installation surface; and an IFD dust removal apparatus, arranged at an air inlet of the air conditioner main body. Thus, the wall-mounted air conditioner provided in the present invention has a safe and high-efficient dust removal effect, and better cooling, and heating performance.

The present application claims the priority of Chinese patent application no. 201520470301.0, with invention title “Wall-mounted air conditioner”, submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on 2 Jul. 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of air conditioning, in particular to a wall-mounted air conditioner.

BACKGROUND ART

As air conditioning technology develops, and more stringent requirements are placed on the quality of air supplied by air conditioners in special scenarios, the demand for purification measures to be adopted in air conditioners is becoming more and more intense. In the ease of wall-mounted air conditioners, such as split air conditioners and window air conditioners, due to the small blown air volume thereof, the cooling and heating effects of the air conditioner might be affected if an air purification apparatus were installed therein.

Thus, there is a need for a wall-mounted air conditioner which not only has a safe and efficient dust removal effect, but also has good cooling and heating performance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The problem solved by the present invention is to provide a wall-mounted air conditioner which not only has a safe and efficient dust removal effect, but also has good cooling and heating performance.

To solve the abovementioned problem, the present invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner. The wall-mounted air conditioner comprises: an air conditioner main body, adapted to be installed on an installation surface; and

an IFD dust removal apparatus, disposed at an air inlet of the air conditioner main body.

Optionally, the air conditioner main body is a split air conditioner.

Optionally the air conditioner main body is a window air conditioner.

Optionally, the installation surface is a wall surface or a windowsill surface.

Optionally, the IFD dust removal apparatus is configured to cover an outer side or an inner side of the air inlet.

Optionally, the wall-mounted air conditioner further comprises an installation apparatus adapted to install the IFD dust removal apparatus at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body.

Optionally, the installation apparatus comprises a frame and a connecting element disposed on the frame, the frame being adapted to enclose an outer periphery of the IFD dust removal apparatus, and the connecting element being adapted to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body.

Optionally, the connecting element is a snap engagement structure, a magnetic attraction structure or a screw-thread connection structure.

Optionally, the installation apparatus further comprises a sealing body, the sealing body being disposed on a periphery of the frame and adapted to seal an exposed charged body of the IFD dust removal apparatus.

Optionally, the frame is made of plastic, and the sealing body is made of epoxy resin.

Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the present invention has the following advantages:

As the wall-mounted air conditioner provided in the present invention is equipped with the IFD dust removal apparatus at the air inlet thereof, it has the effect of purifying air. As it is equipped with the IFD dust removal apparatus, the dust removal performance of the air conditioner is good, and the safety performance is high. Furthermore, equipping with the IFD dust removal apparatus will not affect the cooling and heating performance of the wall-mounted air conditioner.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wall-mounted air conditioner provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an installation apparatus of a wall-mounted air conditioner provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an installation apparatus of a wall-mounted air conditioner provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 4a and 4b are schematic diagrams of a connecting element of an installation apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5a and 5b are schematic diagrams of a connecting element of an installation apparatus provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a wall-mounted air conditioner provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

PARTICULAR EMBODIMENTS

An embodiment of the present invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner equipped with an air purification apparatus. The term “wall-mounted air conditioner” means an air conditioner adapted to be installed on an installation surface, such as a split air conditioner or a window air conditioner. Correspondingly, the term “installation surface” means a corresponding flat surface such as a wall surface or a windowsill surface. Those skilled in the art are familiar with the characteristics of a wall-mounted air conditioner. Since it is adapted to be installed on a specific installation surface, and is generally installed by being hung or supported, a wall-mounted air conditioner is often of small volume; this means that it has a small volume of blown air. In an embodiment of the present invention, an IFD (Intense Field Dielectric) dust removal apparatus is disposed in the wall-mounted air conditioner, thereby realizing the effect of purification by dust removal, without affecting the cooling and heating effects of the air conditioner.

The IFD dust removal apparatus is composed of a large number of elongated plastic plates, arranged with small gaps therebetween, with each plastic plate containing a layer of electrically conductive film which is charged during operation. Adjacent electrically conductive films are of opposite polarity, and so form an electric field. When charged fine dust passes through this electric field, the dust will be attracted by and become attached to plastic sheets of opposite polarity to that of the dust, and the objective of dust removal is thereby achieved. Thus, such a dust removal apparatus has a good dust removal effect. At the same time, since the electrically conductive electrodes of the IFD dust removal apparatus are completely enclosed by plastic film, the safety of the IFD dust removal apparatus is vastly improved in comparison with an ordinary electrostatic dust collection apparatus.

Furthermore, since the IFD dust removal apparatus is installed at an air inlet of the wall-mounted air conditioner, it will have no effect on the blown air volume of the wall-mounted air conditioner, and will therefore not affect the cooling and heating effects of the air conditioner.

In order to make the abovementioned objective, features and advantages of the present invention clearer and easier to understand, particular embodiments of the present invention are explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wall mounted air conditioner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is expounded. The wall-mounted air conditioner 100 comprises an air conditioner main body 101 and an IFD dust removal apparatus 102. The IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is disposed at an air inlet 1011 of the air conditioner main body 101. It must be explained that the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 in FIG. 1 has not yet been installed at the air inlet 1011, so as to facilitate explanation of the various components in this embodiment. In the following description, the manner in which the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is fitted at the air inlet 1011 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner main body 101 is a split air conditioner; specifically, the air conditioner main body 101 is an indoor unit of a split air conditioner. The air conditioner main body 101 can be installed on an installation surface, e.g., hung on a wall surface of a building. The air inlet 1011 is located at a top face of the air conditioner main body 101. It is worth noting that the term “top face” means an upward-facing surface in the air conditioning main body 101 when the latter is installed on the installation surface.

The IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is disposed on an outer side of the air inlet 1011. When the air conditioner is operating air enters through the air inlet 1011. At the same time, since the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is disposed on the outer side of the air inlet 1011, air entering the air conditioner main body 101 through the air inlet 1011 is purified air that has been filtered by the IFD dust removal apparatus 102. In this way, the wall-mounted air conditioner provided in the present invention can effectively purify air, without affecting the cooling and heating effects of the air conditioner.

Furthermore, since the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is disposed on the outer side of the air inlet 1011 of the air conditioner main body 101, installation and removal of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is facilitated, hence replacement and cleaning of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is facilitated. Of course, in some embodiments of the present invention, the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 could also be installed on an inner side of the air inlet 1011.

Furthermore, the wall-mounted air conditioner further comprises an installation apparatus for installing the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 at the air inlet 1011.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, an installation apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is expounded. The installation apparatus 200 is configured to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 on the outer side or inner side of the air inlet 1011.

Specifically, the installation apparatus 200 comprises a frame 201 and connecting elements (not shown in the figures) disposed on the frame. The frame 201 is configured to enclose an outer periphery of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102, so as to accommodate the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 therein. The frame 201 on the one hand facilitates installation of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102, and on the other hand can also protect the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 accommodated therein. The connecting elements are adapted to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 on the outer side or inner side of the air inlet 1011.

As FIG. 3 shows, the installation apparatus 201 further comprises a sealing body 202; the sealing body 202 extends inward from a periphery of the frame 201, to cover part of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102. Hence, when the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 is accommodated in the frame 201, the sealing body 202 is adapted to seal an exposed charged body of the IFD dust removal apparatus 102, to ensure the safety of the wall-mounted air conditioner equipped with the IFD dust removal apparatus during use.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the frame 201 of the it apparatus 200 is made of a plastics material. In same embodiments of the present invention, the sealing body 202 is made of an epoxy resin material.

The IFD dust removal apparatus 102 may be removably fixed on the outer side or inner side of the air inlet 1011 by snap engagement, magnetic force or screw-threads, etc. In other words, the connecting elements may be configured as a snap engagement structure, a magnetic attraction structure or a screw-thread structure.

As shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b , a connecting element 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is expounded. The connecting element 300 comprises a first connecting element 301, disposed on the frame 201. Correspondingly, a second connecting element 302 is disposed on the air conditioner main body 101 in a position close to the air inlet 1011; the second connecting element 302 is adapted to fit the first connecting element 301, so as to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body 101.

The first connecting element 301 is configured as a protrusion; the second connecting element 302 is configured as a slot corresponding to the protrusion. The protrusion may be designed to be wedge-shaped, rectangular, cylindrical or spherical, etc. The present invention does not impose restrictions on the specific shape and size of the protrusion and slot, as long as they can, by fitting together, removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 to the air conditioner main body 101. Of course, the first connecting element and the second connecting element, may be exchanged with each other; for example, the first connecting element 301 disposed on the frame 201 may be a slot, and the second connecting element 302 disposed on the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 may be a protrusion.

As shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b , a connecting element 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention is expounded. The connecting element 400 comprises a first connecting element 401, disposed on the frame 201. Correspondingly, a second connecting element 402 is disposed on the air conditioner main body 101 in a position close to the air inlet 1011; the second connecting clement 402 is adapted to fit the first connecting element 401, so as to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body 101.

Specifically, the first connecting element 401 is configured to have a first projection 4011, and the second connecting element 402 is configured to have a second projection 4021; the first projection 4011 and the second projection 4021 can engage with each other, so as to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 to the air conditioner main body 101.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting element may also be configured as a magnetic attraction structure, comprising a first magnetic connecting element disposed on the frame 201. Correspondingly, a second magnetic connecting element is disposed on the air conditioner main body 101 in a position close to the air inlet 1011; the second magnetic connecting element is adapted to fit the first magnetic connecting element, so as to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus 102 to the air conditioner main body 101. The first magnetic connecting element and the second magnetic connecting element may be magnets of opposite magnetism, or a magnet and a magnetic metal respectively.

Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the installation apparatus may also be configured as a screw-thread connection structure. A screw-thread connection structure is already familiar to those skilled in the art, so is not described again superfluously here.

It is worth noting that in some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting elements could also be disposed directly on the IFD dust removal apparatus 102, i.e. the installation apparatus only comprises the connecting elements, not the frame 201.

Referring to FIG. 6, a wall-mounted air conditioner 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention is expounded. An air conditioner main body 501 and an IFD dust removal apparatus 502 of the wall-mounted air conditioner. The wall-mounted air conditioner 500 is similar to the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 shown in FIG. 1; only the differences therebetween are expounded here.

Specifically, the air conditioner main body 501 is a window air conditioner. The air conditioner main body 501 is adapted to be installed on a windowsill surface or embedded in a wall surface, e.g. the air conditioner main body 501 may be disposed on an existing windowsill of a building. The air conditioner main body 501 comprises an air inlet 5011 located on a side of the air conditioner main body 501. The IFD dust removal apparatus 502 is disposed on an outer side or an inner side of the air inlet 5011 of the air conditioner main body 501.

Similarly, the IFD dust removal apparatus 502 may be disposed on the outer side or inner side of the air inlet 5011 of the air conditioner main body 501 by means of the connecting elements shown in FIGS. 2 to 5.

Thus, the window air conditioner provided in the present invention can achieve the effect of air purification by having the IFD dust removal apparatus disposed at the air inlet thereof, and has safe and efficient purification performance.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above, it is not limited to this. Changes and amendments of various kinds could be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention by any person skilled in the art, so the scope defined by the claims shall be the criterion for the scope of protection on the present invention. 

1. A wall-mounted air conditioner comprising: an air conditioner main body, adapted to be installed on an installation surface; and an IFD dust removal apparatus, disposed at an air inlet of the air conditioner main body.
 2. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein the air conditioner main body is a split air conditioner.
 3. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein the air conditioner main body is a window air conditioner.
 4. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein the installation surface is a wall surface or a windowsill surface.
 5. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein the IFD dust removal apparatus is configured to cover an outer side or an inner side of the air inlet.
 6. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 1, further comprising an installation apparatus adapted to install the IFD dust removal apparatus at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body.
 7. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 6, wherein the installation apparatus comprises a frame and a connecting element disposed on the frame, the frame being adapted to enclose an outer periphery of the IFD dust removal apparatus, and the connecting element being adapted to removably fix the IFD dust removal apparatus at the air inlet of the air conditioner main body.
 8. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 7, wherein the connecting element is a snap engagement structure, a magnetic attraction structure or a screw-thread connection structure.
 9. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 7, wherein the installation apparatus further comprises a sealing body, the sealing body being disposed on a periphery of the frame and adapted to seal an exposed charged body of the IFD dust removal apparatus.
 10. The wall-mounted air conditioner as recited in claim 9, wherein the frame is made of plastic, and the sealing body is made of epoxy resin. 